Typographical composing and line casting machine



K. BIENERT Aug. 2, 1932.

TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING AND LINE CASTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 9. 1930Patented Aug. 2, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT UFFICE TYPE COMPANY,

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A COMPANY OF NEW YORK' TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSINGAND LINE CASTING MACHINE Application filed August 9, 1930, Serial No.474,133, and in Germany February 12, 1930.

This invention relates to typographical composing and line castingmachines of the known construction in which matrices are released from amagazine by the depression 5 of keys which, together with certain of themembers which transmit the movement onward from the keys, are located ina keyboard. In order to make this keyboard more easily accessible, andmore especially those parts thereof located at the back, it has alreadybeen proposed to movably mount the keyboard on pivots so as to permit itto be swung out of its operative position. This arrangement necessitatesa comparatively complicated mechanism for the keyboard parts, moreespecially for the making and breaking of the connections between thekeyboard and the escapement bars effecting the release.

to The present invention aims at obtaining the same results with muchsimpler means.

According to said invention, the keyboard as a whole, is laterallymovable, and is so mounted that it can be moved sideways a definitedistance. When so moved and while still remaining in the machine, itwill be conveniently accessible both from the front and the rear, inorder topermit the necessary inspection to be made and defects to beremedied.

The drawing illustrates by way of example, and more or lessdiagrammatically, one constructional form of the invention, and in thisdrawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation as seen from the right of the machine, andshowing only the pertinent parts of the latter, and

Figure 2 is a front elevation of Figure 1.

The keyboard a is mounted so as to be laterally movable in a fixed guideI). This guide I), as shown more particularly in Figure 1, has aT-shaped groove or opening in which run the projections, rollers or thelike b mounted on the keyboard. As a consequence of this arrangement,the keyboard can be moved rightward from the position in which it isshown in full lines in Figure 2 into the position in which it is in partshown in dotted lines in that figure. In order to ensure or retain theproper engagement between the magazine and the escapement rods 0, whichlatter, when a key is depressed, are raised by the cam yokes e, thesaidrods are suspended at their upper ends on a wire 03 which, as hasalready been proposed, traverse corresponding slots in the upper endsofthe escapement rods 0, said wire itself being mounted on the machineframe. The lower extremities of the escapement rods 0, therefore hangfreely over the cam yokes e. A comb or the like 7 is provided forguiding the lower ends of the escapement rods 0, this comb being securedto the machine frame by two depending arms or stays g. The brackets h,which are attached to the keyboard and serve to support the well-knownrubber covered rollers i, are formed, at least those at the lefthandside, with a gap or recess 70, so that when the keyboard is moved fromone to the other of the two positions shown in Figure 2,

, the lower ends of the escapement rods owill be cleared and remainundisturbed.

Obviously, the present arrangement could be constructed otherwise thanas illustrated in the drawing, for example, instead of the guidinggroove'being of T-shape, it may be of dovetail form or a guide providedwith rollers could be employed; or again said guide, instead of beingimmediately below the keyboard, could be located elsewhere.

Having described my invention, I declare that what I claim and desire tosecure by Let-' ters Patent is: V I k 1. In a typographical composingand line casting machine, the combination of escape- 8.5 ment actuatingrods, keyboard mechanism comprising cam carriages acting upon said rods,a frame supporting the keyboard mechanism and a stationary guidemounted'in the machine frame and in which the frame is A movable tobring the cam carriages into and out of operative register with theescapement rods, said guide being arranged to position the keyboardmechanism clear of the machine frame when the keyboard frame is moved toits inoperative position.

2. In a typographical composing and hue casting machine, the combinationof escapement actuating rods, keyboard mechanism comprising camcarriages acting directly upon said rods, a frame supporting thekeyboard mechanism and a stationary guide in which the frame is movableto bring the cam carriages into and out of operative register I withtheescapement rods. I

3. In a typographical composing and line casting machine, thecombination of escapement actuating rods, a frame movably supportingthose rods, keyboard mechanism comprising cam carriages acting upon therods and a frame supporting the keyboard mechanism, movable laterally ofthe machine to bring the cam carriages into and out of operativeregister with the escapement rods. 4. In a typographical composing andline casting machine the combination of escapement actuating rods, aframe movably supporting those rods, keyboard mechanism comprising camcarriages acting upon the rods, a frame supporting the keyboardmechanism, and a stationary guide in which the last- Ilamed frame ismovable laterally of the machine to bring the cam carriages into and outof operative register with the escapement rods.

- 5. In a typographical composing and line castin machine thecombination of escapement actuating rods, a frame movably supportingthose rods, keyboard mechanism comprising cam carriages acting upon therods,

. a frame supporting the keyboard mechanism,

and a stationary guide in which the lastnamed frame is movablerectilinearly to bring the cam carriages into and out of operativeregister with the escapement rods.

6. In a typographical composing and line casting machine, thecombination of escapement actuating rods, a frame movably supportingthose rods, keyboard mechanism com prising cam carriages adapted tocontact with the lower ends of the rods, a frame supporting the keyboardmechanism and a stationary guide in which the last-named frame ismovable laterally of the machine to bring the cam carriages into and outof operative register with the escapement rods.

7. In a typographical composing and line casting machine the combinationof escapement actuating rods, a frame in which said rods are movablysupporting, keyboard mechanism comprising cam carriages adapted tocontact with the lower ends of the rods, a frame supporting the keyboardmechanism, a stationary guide in which the keyboard frame is movablelaterally of the machine to nature hereto.

KARL BIENERT.

